Perspective Montage

Perspective

Perspective Montage

Immersive View

Developmental Skin

Contextual Elevation

Contextual Elevation

Color-Coded Program Model

Diagram: Exploded Isometric

Diagram: Structure

Diagram: Circulation

Process Sequence

Physical Model 1

Physical Model 2

Physical Model 3

Architectural Cladding Detail

Context Study

First Floor Plan

Section

Composite Poster

Hand Gesture

Final Model

Digital Isometric

Designer

Folding of LIfe

"...Folding life is difficult, because life is a shape or an appearance caught in a moment, and we need to feel the whole of natural life to fold one moment."
          - Joseph Wu

This is a Pediatric Rehabilitation Center located in Lower Manhattan, New York's Chelsea District between 17th and 18th streets and between 11th Ave and the West Side Highway.

Project Concept Overview: The act of making a fold results in degrees of change, development. The path to rehabilitation involves several folds made to the skin and structure, both physical and mental. A rehabilitation center is a place for healing through growth and development. This is reflected in the architecture by a structure of folding truss-like planes connected along each “developmental” crease.

Christine Zipperer